Game



June 30, 1925. 1,544,515

G. BRANNING v BY M; v

WITNESS: ATTORNEY Patented June 30, 1925.

vuflurian STATESg PATENT OFFICE. pf

GEORGE BRANNINQOF Ross TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Asfy j'SIGNOR TO NELLIE BRANNING, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

f GAME'.

kApplia'uon mea May 2s, 1924. serial N0. 716,504.

vTo all whom t may concern: I

Be it'v known that I, GEORGE BRANNINO, a

citizen ofthe United States, yresiding at Ross Township, inthe county ofAllegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Games, of

. which the following a specification.

` improvement in the art.`

This invention relates to amusement de-A vices, particularly to games,andl has lfor its objectV the provision of a novelgame de' signed torepresent the passage of taxicabsl An important object is theprovlsionof a game of this character which will `be fasci-y nating,particularly to the young, and whichr will be not only simple andinexpensive to a general manufacture, easy to play, and

WVith theV above and other Objects and ,ad-Z

vantages in View, Vthe invention consists in the combination andarrangement of parts to bev hereinaftervmor'e fully described andclaimedand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure` 1 is aplan view of the playing board Figure 2 is a view showinga plurality of the cards employed;

Figure 3-is a view illustrating the ymov'- able taxicabs. p

Figure 4' isan elevation of they variousf from 1 to 38, while the othercards 2 1 have destination markers Referring more particularly tothedrawings, 'I have shown the game as includinga Y board or the like 10having a playing surface g inscribed to definey a pluralityofblocks 11representing squares in a'city, which blocks may be variously coloredandgrouped in anyf The rowsy and columns of opposite ends of the board Iarefeature pointsf land 16 which, in the present instance,`are

distinguished' by bearinglegends Union Station` yand Grand Central iStation, which points or areas are located at the ends garages 17 andv18 belonging supposedlyy to the rival y concerns to whom belong thetaxicabs engaged in the game. For the sake ofV Y convenience I haveillustrated thoroughfares or the like 19 at opposite sides'of the b oardleading from each garage to the stavtion at the opposite end of theboard. While ythe above elements, areas, streets and'other arrangementsare shown in the .drawings yand described'in more or'les's detail, it isobvious that many changes may be made in 4the specific arrangementwithout: in any way departing from the nature-of the game.

Any desired color arrangements and group` ingsfmay be employed. to suitthe taste or discretion* of the individual' manufacturer,

and it is obvious that the lmechanical construction Vof the board andits playingsurface maybesu'ch as preferred.

The diHerent squares l11 are all numbered,

as indicated, Or in anyother 4desired man ner and are Vintended` to'represent destinations of variousztaxicabs making v'certainv specifiedtrips. I have shown seventy-six of these blocks or :.squares, one-half"being shaded to represent red and the other. hand f to represent green,and the blocks in each half are ynumbered from lto`38 inclusive.

connection with this board I makeuse l.of a pack of cards illustrated inFigure 2, Which cards are preferably' forty-twol in number. Some of thecards 38, in fact, in-k dicated byk the Anumeral 20 are" inscribed attheir centersy with largel numerals ranging a red yspot Or tag 22 attheir centers. Certain of the cards 23 are inscribed at their cornerswith the legend Blank .and one or more 24 may be inscribed similarlywith the f legend Zero. At their' vcorners Vthe A cards 20 are inscribedwith numerals begin-y ning with 1 and ranging upwardly, which numeralsare preferably printed smaller than the central numerals and whichindicate the number of squares to be made at a singlermove, the largenumbers referring to Aingapsitionvalt'fl'UnionStation andfusin the boardare formed to represent taxioabs or other Vehicles and there are twosets, one say of green and the other of ij.ed, an d nurn-A bered ly to6,inolusive, which tairioabs loelong to theVv vrivaleono'erns or players.

There are also two sets of markers 26, likewise eolo'r'ed" for instancered and green or to oorrespondwithany'other oolors preferred for thevarious squares, and these( markers are from l to 6 to agree with Athemmnbers of the taxcabs.

Referring again to` the board, will beg noted `that at tfhfe' endsE,ofthe lor1gitudiiralfv4` v streets '13; or points'where they extendto' draws a card bearing the Red tag he sends one of his opponentsoabs,preferably theA one nearest itstdestinatiombaok to, thegarnge'lwhereit rnnst r'einain ,until opponent'draws Va card bearing thenumber 9. When a 9 is drawn by the one lwhose eab is in 'thegarage,Y theoab' '1nay' `be' rernoved and placed on thel-l Parkhere-space adjacentlthegarage7 unless said space is already occuoorrespondinglynumbered""pied by another of the players cabs, inlwhiohyoase:thepaburemains in the garage v"and the cab blocking thisspace is moved nine squares. Whenthe, liglayer`` thenbdnawsgs yanother.M1195 thesosb is releesedefrom, the

es f explained .abonennfl must go 15,011.80

besteed these pessimiste ehlegeerene peine;et,oenxiebs4- Y A nvenientset of u turn to .theuriglitm Topari'iyeiat pontgon The -trel'onrulesf,prohibit,stexieebssroinn turning. .oornersfto the left` esell.watios-must destinenonto.Ilo` 11 ft.thereforerequresfder on'losog"sreoooebsyedfhe ooheroooopn regulation mustnleee the @ebt-*enmedio .i.DUV red*y oabs. i' l'The Cabs 25 re `pl'aoed at, the P'k here 'spese[271.111 romeloelsofolen. with eab N. l in the spae adjaoentytheugaragfewl. cards 20,' )lz 23 and 24, are then shullled and plaoed'vfnedownwardly ,10,1% the' 'tablelfand thepltryers drawnlternatelyguntilsiz: Cards are drawn. Let benssunied with the playerwith greenpoabsrtakes the@ leadf/'The numbers. in large type z in `the'centerHV of the cards indicate the' destinations,I of the oab's., Y

To illustrate, should player draw a earc l. with ythe number fin itsCenter7 blookl on'thelb'oard'is the destination of eab No.1.

on whatever blook oorrespondslto thefnuni-f;A

tinatifon ot y 2 and inarlrelfv v No.f 2 shouldbeoorres'pondinglyplaced', This'is Continued untileaoh playerhasdrawnsixh numbers: and the markers arefall plaoed in aooordanoewith,thenuinbersfindicated by the` nuinbersin the, Vcenter of the'rards.I Should Red tag be drawn vat this `stage' of the genie, it shouldbe disregarded andj. soothe? osd. dreiro 'io its Plsoefterfhes: ahoyetlraw ing, the o ards drawnare plaoed at the bottornbf the pookA andthe-players draw again alternately to "determine ;the

nurnloeroil inoqes that a ,o ab qaninake, as indioated :by the smallnuinloersin theeor-` nei-slof the eards, troni 1 to 1 0 indioating theinumber of squares that a Cabiqnn be y moved in oneturn or play. It is opjtional 1eftfnhis, gerese, from whioh, it" L eeonot. b

withdrawn metilA henrswse. No; ,7, where-90 .oponthe iosbfmey,beireleesed and 21e-ood .lll .elly evelleble Perk. here?? speeel so'.vesito ster? sllover tot, they destifoetion 'rstfdetera milledf; The.plsyele ,who t, first. sueeefedssin 2 getting.e11ofhiej,eahsto theirdestinations@ Wins .the seme 4If.idesredrdthegerne: merf be prolonged byreturning l the v ,oabfs to Chell originelipositoI1srowe.-.by.loooregfv41 VVhileJ haveshown-and Vdesoriloed thefg preferred/.embodiment ofv`my.inreinio1-1`, it loo is of eourseto be understood `,that 1resergethefrsh to' Ineke .suoh ohsoees in tlleiormi.- construction anda'rrangeli'erlt of .parts will not departronl the :spirit: ,ofthe/invenl.tos or .thesoope ,ofthe subjoned eleinismf ber drown! TheY,ooooloesoil' thesoooool. ,oord drawnbyrth'e same playerindioatesthedes I olairn; Y

1- A gomeioolodngs boslid llo.eriiogos .playing sorfeoe.providedWithstsrtingstses tions and inscribed to lrepresentinterseotingli oityzstreets deningblookdthe blocks being" plenos;.surface provided; with starting; staf .tions 21.1101 llsol'iloeol torepresent 'nterseotnigsl City Streets-defining .blooksfthe bloksbeing-.....l nuinbered andl arranged.; in oontrasting groups WithCorresponding .numbers in eaehs. group., .in Combination. Withpleyngipees; adapted to he shifted over- 'igheplayjng Supp 125 faoenndbrought yto reStfvlrlPon*theblooks,;

Aand a pack of numbered ,oardsl for ,for t u i i yuntil the neXttimori-he clrguvsa tously detelmnng the' :blooks l :constitutingdestinations dfor the :.peoesf,

inscribed with starting positions and furmeans for ortuitouslydetenniningfeertain ther inscribed with intersecting lines repreblocksto constitute destinations vfor the senting city streets and definingcity blocks, pieces, and means for marking'said destina- 10 the blocksbeing arranged in groups with tions; t

5 one group distinguished from the other, the In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature.

blocks in each group being correspondingly numbered, pieces movable ontothe blocks, GEORGE BRANNING.

